EP2087304B1 - Boîtier destiné à contenir un liquide destiné à un échangeur thermique, procédé de réalisation d'un tel boîtier, et échangeur thermique - Google Patents

Boîtier destiné à contenir un liquide destiné à un échangeur thermique, procédé de réalisation d'un tel boîtier, et échangeur thermique Download PDF

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EP2087304B1
EP2087304B1 EP07846868.3A EP07846868A EP2087304B1 EP 2087304 B1 EP2087304 B1 EP 2087304B1 EP 07846868 A EP07846868 A EP 07846868A EP 2087304 B1 EP2087304 B1 EP 2087304B1
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Joachim Kopp
Wolfgang Kramer
Karl-Heinz Staffa
Florin Moldovan
Haymo BRÖDER
Jörg BERGSCHNEIDER
Klaus Hassdenteufel
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/05316—Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F21/00—Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials
    • F28F21/08—Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of metal
    • F28F21/081—Heat exchange elements made from metals or metal alloys
    • F28F21/084—Heat exchange elements made from metals or metal alloys from aluminium or aluminium alloys
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/008—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for vehicles
    • F28D2021/0091—Radiators
    • F28D2021/0094—Radiators for recooling the engine coolant
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2255/00—Heat exchanger elements made of materials having special features or resulting from particular manufacturing processes
    • F28F2255/08—Heat exchanger elements made of materials having special features or resulting from particular manufacturing processes pressed; stamped; deep-drawn
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2275/00—Fastening; Joining
    • F28F2275/04—Fastening; Joining by brazing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2275/00—Fastening; Joining
    • F28F2275/12—Fastening; Joining by methods involving deformation of the elements
    • F28F2275/122—Fastening; Joining by methods involving deformation of the elements by crimping, caulking or clinching
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/4935—Heat exchanger or boiler making

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  • the invention relates to a box for receiving a fluid for a heat exchanger, a method for producing such a box and a heat exchanger.
  • a box according to the preamble of claim 1 is made DE 101 32 485 A1 known.
  • This known box has a bottom with receiving slots for connecting pipes or flat tubes and a lid arranged opposite this floor.
  • This cover is formed integrally with the two end walls.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a cost-effective and easy to manufacture fluid box for a heat exchanger.
  • This object is achieved by a box for receiving a fluid for a heat exchanger, by a method for producing such a box for receiving a fluid and by a heat exchanger having the features of the respective independent claim.
  • a box for receiving a fluid wherein the fluid is preferably a coolant, for which reason the box, without this being intended to represent a restriction, is also referred to below as a coolant box.
  • the coolant box which is preferably intended for a heat exchanger, in particular for a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, has two side walls, two end walls, a lid and a bottom.
  • the addressed walls i. the end walls, the side walls, the bottom and the lid, an interior of the coolant box limit.
  • the coolant box consists of only one formed, in particular folded, molded part, the formed part, in particular a stamped sheet, forming the two side walls, the two end walls, the cover and the bottom.
  • the formed, in particular folded, molded part is soldered, in particular solder-plated.
  • the end walls are spaced apart and are preferably arranged parallel to one another, in particular transversely to a longitudinal direction of the box or coolant box.
  • the side walls which are then arranged in particular in the longitudinal direction of the coolant box.
  • the lid and the bottom are in particular spaced from each other.
  • the molded part is a stamped sheet, which is foldable over or along predeterminable folding or bending or folding lines to the coolant box, wherein the two side walls, the two end walls, the lid and the bottom are formed.
  • the folding or bending or folding lines are preferably arranged in transition regions between in each case two of the above-mentioned walls.
  • the molding may be processed before or after folding by other molding techniques, such as a drawing process, in particular a deep drawing process, and / or hydroforming and / or compression molding.
  • One of the side walls (22, 24 or 22a, 24a) has a bulge, in particular for receiving a nozzle, in particular a nozzle with a large diameter.
  • the lid has a corresponding bulge, which is adapted to the profile of the side walls and the bulge for receiving the nozzle in the side walls.
  • the floor is preferably curved.
  • One or more receiving openings for pipes may be provided in the floor, in particular for connecting pipes.
  • the tubes can be designed, for example, as flat tubes and be part of a tube and fin block. It can also be provided that a separate opening in the bottom is provided for each separate tube. But it can also be provided a large opening for receiving all the tubes of the tube-fin block.
  • the interior of the coolant box defining walls has a, in particular laterally arranged and / or bendable, tab and / or installation.
  • the at least one tab and / or installation can be angled such that it is arranged substantially parallel to a connection wall and / or connected thereto, in particular by a solder connection.
  • one, in particular a plurality, substantially triangular, recess may be formed in a transition region between each two walls. This can be provided in particular to simplify a processing of the one-piece molding, in particular a bending or folding or flaps.
  • a recess is provided in the lid, in which a partition extends, which divides the interior of the coolant box into sub-chambers.
  • the lid is U-shaped in cross-section so as to form two spaced-apart flanges connected by an intermediate connecting portion, a lid base.
  • This U-shape can be formed for example from vertical or approximately vertical sections. Rounded designs are also preferred.
  • the lid may be arranged in the coolant box, so that the flanges surround the side walls of the coolant box from the outside or from the inside.
  • tabs which are particularly preferably arcuately shaped. These tabs preferably surround the side walls of the coolant box. It can preferably be provided that the cover is arranged in the coolant box, that the flanges protrude in the direction away from the bottom of the coolant tank direction of the connecting portion and connect at the ends located in this direction the tabs, which are then bent outward, so that they embrace the side walls of the coolant box from the outside. It is provided in particular that - seen in the longitudinal direction of the coolant box - a plurality of spaced such tabs are provided on the lid.
  • an interior of the box by walls in particular by two side walls, two end walls, a lid and the lid opposite the bottom, limited.
  • a one-piece part in particular a stamped sheet metal, is produced in a first step by a separation method, in particular by stamping, wherein the one-piece part includes the walls bounding the interior of the box.
  • the one-piece part is reshaped in a second step to a substantially closed box, in particular bent or folded over or along predetermined bending or folding lines.
  • the formed, one-piece part for forming the coolant box in particular by solder plating, connected.
  • one or more openings for receiving pipes, in particular connecting pipes, such as flat tubes, is introduced or introduced.
  • the one or more openings for receiving tubes may or may be introduced before the second step, in particular after the first or simultaneously with the first step.
  • one or more tubes, in particular connecting tubes, such as flat tubes, in particular before the second step, are inserted into the one or more openings.
  • the one-piece part is processed by further shaping processes, in particular drawn, in particular thermoformed, and / or hydroformed and / or molded.
  • the heat exchanger in particular a radiator for a motor vehicle, has a tube-fin block and a box or coolant box according to the invention, wherein tubes of the tube-and-fin block open into the bottom of the box in the latter.
  • one or more tubes in particular connecting tubes, such as flat tubes, are inserted into the one or more openings.
  • Fig. 1a to Fig. 5 show an exemplary embodiment of a heat transfer 1 according to the invention with a box according to the invention, produced by folding a one-piece part for receiving a fluid.
  • This box for receiving a fluid is in particular a coolant box, so that in the following for simplicity is spoken by the coolant box.
  • the heat exchanger 1 has a first coolant box 10 and a second coolant box 12 spaced therefrom, as well as a tube-and-fin block 14, which is arranged between these coolant box 10, 12.
  • the tube-fin block 14 has a plurality of parallel aligned connecting tubes, which are designed in this example as flat tubes, on. Between these connecting tubes are - formed transversely to their longitudinal direction - tube spaces in which ribs are arranged in a known manner, in such a way that the tube-fin block is transverse to the plane formed by the tube assembly of air flowed through.
  • the connecting tubes of the tube-fin block 14 each open at a first end into the first coolant box 10 and at its second end into the second coolant box 12.
  • the coolant boxes 10, 12 are each formed from a one-piece, folded (sheet metal) part 16 or 16a and accordingly each have only one substantially closed (box-shaped) unit 16 or 16a.
  • the unit 16 or 16a has a lid 18 or 18a and on the lid 18 and 18a opposite side to a bottom 20 and 20a. Further, the unit 16, 16a, a first side wall 22 and 22a, one of these first side wall 22, 22a opposite second side wall 24, 24a, a the interior of the coolant box 10 and 12 in a first orientation of his (indicated by the double arrow 30) Longitudinal limiting first end wall 26 and 26a and a this interior of the first 10 and second coolant box in the opposite orientation (this longitudinal direction 30) limiting second end wall 28 and 28a.
  • the lid 18 or 18a, the side walls 22, 24 and 22a, 24a and the bottom 20 and 20a define the interior of the coolant box 10 and 12 respectively.
  • the heat exchanger 1 which is also referred to as a cooler or can be designed functionally in two (part) cooler or (part) heat exchanger
  • the heat exchanger 1 seen in the longitudinal direction 30 at the same height in the two coolant boxes 10, 12, each transverse to this longitudinal direction 30, a partition wall 32 and 34 is provided. It can also be provided in the coolant boxes 10, 12 at different heights in the longitudinal direction 30 partitions arranged (which are not shown in the figures), which cause a serpentine deflection of the coolant.
  • the upper part cooler in 1a Part of a high-temperature cooling circuit and the lower part of cooler 38 is part of a low-temperature circuit.
  • first coolant box 10 and in the second coolant box 12 respectively opens a main nozzle 40 and 42, via one of these main nozzle 40, 42 coolant can flow into the upper part of cooler 36 and wherein the other of these nozzles 40, 42, the coolant from the upper part cooler 36 can flow out again.
  • the lower part of the cooler 38 has a opening into the first coolant box 10 spigot 44 and an opening into the second coolant box 12 spigot 46, also here by one of these stub 44, 46 coolant can flow into the lower part of the cooler 38 and through the other of these nozzles 46, 44 can flow out of this lower part cooler 38.
  • a drain screw 48 is further provided for discharging coolant. Further, in the region of the first coolant box 10, here in the region of the upper end, a nozzle 50 for the filling with coolant and / or the vent is provided.
  • Fig. 1b shows a plan view of the design according to Fig. 1a from above.
  • Fig. 1 c shows a side view of the design according to Fig. 1 a from the left.
  • the Fig. 2a to 2d show different views of the first coolant box 10 and the closed by folding unit 16 of this first coolant box 10. However, in the Fig. 2a to 2d the lid 18 of the coolant box 10 is not shown, which is illustrated by 19 designated cutting edges in the transition between the lid 18 and the end wall 26 and and the end wall 28.
  • Fig. 2a and 2c show a plan view of the side walls 22 and 24 from the outside.
  • Fig. 2b shows a plan view of the bottom 20 from the outside.
  • Fig. 2a and 2c can be well seen that the bottom 20 is wave-shaped. In cross section, the bottom 20 is curved.
  • Fig. 2b clearly shows that slot-shaped openings for receiving the flat tubes of the tube-fin block 14 are provided in the bottom.
  • the Fig. 2a and 2c can - as well as the Fig. 1a - Be well taken that the tube-rib block 14 facing away from the end of the side walls 22, 24 is substantially substantially straight, and in the region in which the main nozzle is arranged, has a bulge.
  • the partition wall 32 is not up to the tube-rib block facing away from the end of the side walls 22, 24 extends. Nevertheless, this partition 32 divides the interior 62 of the coolant box 10 into two sub-chambers 64, 66.
  • Fig. 2d shows a sectional view taken along the line AA Fig. 2b in partial view.
  • the bottom which is corrugated in the longitudinal direction 30 and curved between the side walls 22, 24, forms insertion slopes for the flat tubes of the tube / fin block 14 through its wave profile.
  • the slots 60 are arranged substantially in the region of the lower points of the wave profile - seen from the outside.
  • the wave structure also achieves a certain stiffening effect in the region of the bottom.
  • transition region 68 between the bottom 20 and the end wall 26 and 28 is integrally formed, as well as the illustrated by the cutting edge 19, but not shown transition region 68 between the end wall 26 and the lid 18th
  • Fig. 2c and Fig. 2d can also be well taken that the end walls 26, 28 in their side walls 22, 24 facing end portions each have lateral tabs or lists 72.
  • tabs 72 are in the longitudinal direction 30 and in the direction of the side walls 22, 24 from the end wall 26, 28 and from, for example by means of Lotplattieren soldered to the side walls 22 and 24 outside or inside.
  • tabs 72 are respectively provided on the side walls 22 and 24 at the appropriate location and these tabs are bent so that they extend in the direction of the end wall plane and soldered to the corresponding end wall 26, 28 - in particular by means of Lotplatt Schl are.
  • Fig. 3a to 3i show an exemplary cover 18 of the coolant box 10, which is cut along the cut edges 19 of the one-piece part 16 and between the end walls 26 and 28 respectively.
  • Fig. 3a a side view of the lid 18, Fig. 3b a top view of the lid 18, Fig. 3c a three-dimensional view of the lid 18 from below, Fig. 3d a sectional view taken along the line CC Fig. 3a .
  • Fig. 3e a partial sectional view taken along the line DD Fig. 3b .
  • Fig. 3f a sectional view taken along the line EE Fig. 3b .
  • Fig. 3g a sectional view taken along the line FF Fig. 3a and Fig. 3h a sectional view taken along the line GG Fig. 3a ,
  • Fig. 3i shows an oblique plan view of the lid according to Fig. 3a in the region of ends of the legs arranged tabs.
  • the lid 18 has seen in the longitudinal direction 30 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, which fits well in the Fig. 3c . 3d, 3f, 3g, 3h and 3i can be seen.
  • This U-shape is approximately rectangular and is formed by two spaced legs 82, 84, also referred to as flanges can, and one connecting these two legs connecting portion 86 is formed.
  • This cover 18 is in the folding (see. Figure 4 ) is inserted on the side facing away from the bottom 20 of the unit 16 in the unit 16 so that the connecting portion 86 faces this floor and the legs 82, 84 protrude in the bottom-facing direction of the connecting portion 16.
  • tabs 88 are designed arcuate in the embodiment.
  • the tabs 88 extend from the ends of the legs 82, 84 facing away from the connection region 86, in particular bent outward. But these tabs 88 may also have a bent course instead of a curved course.
  • the tabs 88 are arranged spaced apart as seen in the longitudinal direction 30, so that in this longitudinal direction 30, tab-free regions are formed on the legs 82, 84 between adjacent tabs 88.
  • the lid Due to the size of the opening 40, the lid has a bulge, which is adapted to the shape of the side walls 22, 24 substantially.
  • the lid also has a recess 94. This depression extends transversely or perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction 30 approximately through the entire lid 18.
  • the recess 94 which here has a substantially rectangular cross-section, but may alternatively be provided with run-on slopes, or arched, serves to receive the partition wall 32.
  • the recess 94 in particular also facilitates the soldering process, in that the dividing wall 32 can be introduced there and subsequently soldered.
  • the soldering can be done in particular by means of solder plating.
  • the 4 and 5 show illustrations showing the folding of the one-piece part to the closed unit 16 or 16a of the coolant box 10 and 12 according to the invention according to the Fig. 1a to 3i clarify.
  • Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a partially finished or folded one-piece unit 16 or 16a.
  • Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a partially finished or folded one-piece unit 16 or 16a.
  • the bulge 18-3 is formed, which is adapted to the profile of the side walls 22, 24 substantially.
  • This one-piece unit 16, 16a is like Fig. 5 shows formed from a sheet, which was first punched (base plate, 16b) and optionally deep-drawn.
  • the base plate 16b which already includes the preformed side pieces 22, 24, the bottom 20, the end walls 26, 28 and the lid 18, subsequently becomes the closed unit 16 or 16a along the bending lines 22-1, 24-1, 26 -1, 18-1 and 18-2 folded.
  • the folded base plate 16b is subsequently soldered.
  • the folding of the end wall 26 will be briefly described here.
  • the end wall 26 In order to bring the end wall 26 in position, it is bent in the context of the manufacturing process to the bending or bending edge 26-1 upwards so that they with their side flaps 112, 114 at the front end of the already bent up side walls 22, 24 strikes or strike.
  • tabs 112, 114 are then also bent, such that they are arranged substantially parallel to the side walls 22, 24 and thus form areas for a solder connection with the side walls.
  • Such tabs 112, 114 are also provided on the end wall 28,
  • one or more openings 60 for receiving tubes are introduced before the folding in the region which forms the bottom of the box 20.
  • the openings 60 for receiving the tubes can also be introduced when punching the base plate 16 at the above-mentioned point.
  • the base plate Before the folding of the base plate, it can also be processed by further shaping processes, in particular drawn, in particular thermoformed, and / or hydroformed and / or molded.
  • the heat exchanger in particular a radiator for a motor vehicle, has a tube-fin block and a box or coolant box according to the invention, wherein tubes of the tube-and-fin block open into the bottom of the box in the latter.
  • the box 10, 12 made of metal, in particular aluminum.

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  1. Boîte pour la réception d'un fluide tel qu'un liquide de refroidissement, pour un échangeur de chaleur (1), en particulier pour des véhicules automobiles, comprenant deux parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a), deux parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a), un couvercle (18 ou 18a) et un fond (20 ou 20a) disposé en faisant face au couvercle (18 ou 18a), fond dans lequel il est prévu une ou plusieurs ouvertures (60) servant au logement de tubes, en particulier de tubes de liaison tels que des tubes plats, où la boîte se compose seulement d'une pièce de forme transformée, en particulier pliée, où la pièce de forme transformée, en particulier une tôle découpée, constitue les deux parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a), les deux parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a), le couvercle (18 ou 18a) et le fond (20 ou 20a), caractérisée en ce que le couvercle (18 ou 18a) présente une partie bombée qui est adaptée au profil des parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a) et à une partie bosselée dans les parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a).
  2. Boîte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la partie bosselée sert au logement d'une tubulure.
  3. Boîte selon l'une ou l'autre des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en qu'une ou plusieurs ouvertures (60) servant au logement de tubes, en particulier de tubes de liaison tels que des tubes plats, est ou sont ménagée(s) dans le fond (20 ou 20a) .
  4. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la pièce de forme présente des lignes permettant de cintrer / de rabattre ou de plier, en particulier dans des zones de transition comprises à chaque fois entre deux parois, lignes par lesquelles les parois sont pliables.
  5. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la pièce de forme transformée, en particulier pliée, est brasée, en particulier plaquée par brasage.
  6. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins l'une des parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a) présente au moins une languette et / ou une disposition en particulier placée latéralement et / ou repliable.
  7. Boîte selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que la languette et / ou la disposition au moins au nombre de un est repliée de manière telle, que celle-ci soit agencée pratiquement de façon parallèle à l'une des parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a), et / ou assemblée avec l'une des parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a), en particulier assemblée par brasage.
  8. Boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que, dans la pièce de forme, au moins une, en particulier deux parties en creux, en particulier pratiquement de forme triangulaire, est ou sont configurée(s) dans une zone de transition comprise entre deux parois, en particulier entre le fond (20 ou 20a) et l'une des parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a).
  9. Echangeur de chaleur, en particulier radiateur pour un véhicule automobile, comprenant un bloc (14) de tubes et d'ailettes et une boîte (10 ou 12) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où les tubes du bloc (14) de tubes et d'ailettes situés dans la zone du fond (20 ou 20a) de la boîte (10 ou 12) débouchent dans cette zone.
  10. Procédé pour la fabrication d'une boîte servant à recevoir un fluide tel qu'un liquide de refroidissement et prévue pour un échangeur de chaleur (1), procédé pour la fabrication d'une boîte selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que
    - au cours d'une première étape, une pièce d'un seul tenant, en particulier une tôle, est fabriquée par un procédé de séparation, en particulier par découpe, où la pièce d'un seul tenant comprend des parois délimitant un espace intérieur de la boîte, parois qui sont en particulier deux parois latérales (22, 24 ou 22a, 24a), deux parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a), un couvercle (18 ou 18a) et un fond (20 ou 20a) disposé en faisant face au couvercle (18 ou 18a),
    - au cours d'une deuxième étape, la pièce d'un seul tenant est transformée en une boîte pratiquement fermée, en particulier cintrée ou pliée le long de lignes de cintrage ou de pliage prédéfinies, et
    - au cours d'une troisième étape, la pièce d'un seul tenant ainsi transformée est plaquée par brasage, formant alors la boîte.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication de procédé précédente, caractérisé en ce que, au cours de la transformation, le pliage est effectué en procédant sur une paroi frontale ou en procédant sur les deux parois frontales (26, 28 ou 26a, 28a) .
  12. Procédé selon la revendication de procédé précédente, caractérisé en ce que la pièce d'un seul tenant est usinée, avant ou après le pliage, par d'autres procédés donnant une forme, tel qu'un procédé d'emboutissage, en particulier un procédé d'emboutissage profond et / ou tel qu'un hydroformage et / ou tel qu'un façonnage par repoussage au tour.
  13. Procédé selon la revendication de procédé précédente, caractérisé en ce qu'une ou plusieurs ouvertures (60) servant au logement de tubes, en particulier de tubes de liaison tels que des tubes plats, est ou sont ménagée(s) dans la pièce d'un seul tenant, en particulier dans une zone de la pièce d'un seul tenant qui, dans le cas de la boîte, forme le fond (20 ou 20a) .
  14. Procédé selon au moins l'une quelconque des revendications de procédé précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'une ou plusieurs des ouvertures (60) servant au logement de tubes est ou sont ménagée(s) avant la deuxième étape, en particulier après la première étape ou en même temps que celle-ci.
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